- "Medical Breakthrough of the Week"

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- "Dr. Ken's Recalls of the Week"

- Plus These Stories:

Sugar can make you dumb (Journal of Physiology, 5/15/12)

Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer (New England Journal of Medicine, 5/17/12I)

Georgia Woman With Flesh-Eating Disease Celebrates Small Victories; Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy (Multiple sources, 5/16/12 )

Common antibiotic boosts death risk: azithromycin; Z-Pak Heart Attack? (New England Journal of Medicine, 5/16/12)

FDA Issues Multiple Sclerosis Drug Alert: Gilenya (fingolimod) (FDA, 5/14/12)

'Button' Batteries Sending More Kids to ER (Pediatrics, 5/14/12)

Never Get Drunk Again? Yale Researchers Developing ‘Stay-Sober’ Pill: iomazenil (Yale University, 5/14/12)

FDA Approves Generic Versions of Plavix (FDA, 5/17/12)

Looking Away As You Get Needle Does Lower Pain (Pain, 5/12)

Chinese Herb Kudzu May Help Drinkers Cut Down (Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 5/16/12)

Raising HDL Levels May Not Lower Heart Attack Risk (The Lancet, 5/17/12)

'Bad' Fat May Hurt Brain Function Over Time (Annals of Neurology, 5/18/12)

Underage Drinkers Can Easily Order Alcohol From the Internet (Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 5/7/12)